ལས་བརྒྱ་ཐམ་པ་པ 22.10

22.10

All the monks felt horrible regret and their hair stood on end. “Venerable Mahā­kāśyapa has such great miraculous powers,” they said. “How wonderful that our teacher is sharing a seat with his disciple.”

Then Venerable Mahā­kāśyapa drew down the right shoulder of his upper garment, knelt down on his right knee, bowed toward the Blessed One with palms pressed together, and said, “Blessed One, you are my teacher. I am a disciple of the Blessed One. The Sugata is my teacher. I am a disciple of the Sugata.”

“Kāśyapa, so it is,” the Blessed One replied. “It is just as you say, Kāśyapa. I am your teacher, Kāśyapa. You are my disciple. Kāśyapa, wherever my seat may be, you shall sit upon it.” Venerable Mahā­kāśyapa touched his head to the Blessed One’s feet and took a seat at one side.

The Blessed One wished to make the monks greatly disillusioned with saṃsāra and to affirm Venerable Mahā­kāśyapa’s greatness in the Dharma, so he said to the monks, “Monks, should I wish to remain in the perfected state of the first concentration, which is secluded from craving, secluded from sinful and nonvirtuous factors, accompanied by initial consideration and subsequent analysis, and imbued with the joy and pleasure born of seclusion, I could remain in that state throughout the day, or throughout the night, or throughout a day and night, or for even two, three, or seven such days and nights.

“Monks, should the monk Kāśyapa wish to remain in the perfected state of the first concentration, which is secluded from craving, secluded from sinful and nonvirtuous factors, accompanied by initial consideration and subsequent analysis, and imbued with the joy and pleasure born of seclusion, the monk Kāśyapa too could remain in that state